Exam Details

Subject International Trade and Finance
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts in Economics
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Answer any two questions from this section.

1. Discuss the Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade. How is it different from the Ricardian model of international trade?

2. Examine the case for trade protection. Discuss the various tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade.

3. Discuss India's trade policy reforms in the post-1991 period. Examine the impact of reforms on recent trends in India's balance of payments.

4. Explain fixed exchange rate mechanism under the Bretton Woods system. Why has there been a shift to floating exchange rate system?

Answer any five questions from this section.

5. What do you mean by surplus or deficit in balance of payments Distinguish clearly between autonomous and accommodating items in balance of payments.

6. With reference to International trade theory explain the following:

Product Life Cycle

Gravity Model of Trade

7. Explain the welfare effects of trade creation and trade diversion within a customs union.

8. Discuss India's concern in WTO negotiations with special reference to the following:

Agriculture

Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA)

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

9. What is dumping Why do countries impose anti-dumping duties?

10. Briefly explain Marshall-Lerner condition of exchange rate regime.

11. Explain the relationship between globalisation and free trade.

12. What does capital account convertibility imply? Why has India been slow on capital account convertibility?


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
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  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
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  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
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  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
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  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
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Subjects

  • Actuarial Economics: Theory and Practice
  • Econometrics Methods
  • Economics of Growth and Development
  • Economics of Social Sector and Environment
  • Financial Institutions and Markets
  • Indian Economic Policy
  • International Trade and Finance
  • Macroeconomic Analysis
  • Microeconomic Analysis
  • Public Economics
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Research Methods In Economics